Can you use aluminum sheeting instead of steel? Do you have an estimate on what you spent on materials for the hand made parts?

<p>Wow! Looks great! I'm shocked at how similar the fabric is and everything. I'm kind of jealous of your gun haha... That's the one thing I didn't get to :P</p>

<p>Aluminium should work just fine. My supplier worked with steel, so I had a bit of a discount. Cost wise, it's a bit hard for me to estimate as I had to buy a lot of the tooling to be able to even attempt making this... sewing machine cost me a leg for example. But I'd estimate around $500 for fabrics, hardware, and the steel. </p>

Awesome job on this! My husband and I are hoping to actually try and make one for each of us for our local comic con in September and had some questions for you. How are the shoulders on the armor attached? Are they connected to the back or the front? And with the metal pieces in the upper body armor, are they all horizontal or are some vertical? And there are 3 in front and 3 in back, right? Thank you!

<p>Sorry for not getting back to you sooner... A1&amp;2: The shoulders via a semi complicated strap system to insure that they stay in the right position (regardless of the wearers movement, jumping, running etc.) and so you can separate the front and back armour pieces. I've attached a picture so you can see. A3: Front armour have three horizontal metal pieces and and additional two separate pieces, one per each side of the chest. The back only has three horizontal pieces. God luck with your armour! </p>

<p>Thanks for attaching those pictures and answering my questions. We ended up tweaking things a bit - have the front and back pieces attached to each other with a denim strap that has velcro that sticks to velcro on the front pieces. And loops under the shoulder pieces that keep it attached to the hidden &quot;shoulder strap&quot;. Also put up two pictures of my completed one - largely based on what you put up here. Couldn't have made it without your tutorial. Thanks for making it as detailed as you did. I'm hoping to get my own written up and I'll be sure to link to yours, since I'm using a lot of your ideas/design.</p>

Most important question: How much would it cost for you to make one for me?? ??

Best Shepard suit I've seen but what do I know I spend most of my time doing calibrations.

lol. Thanks!

Dude, awesome suit! <br>Do you plan on writing a complete tutorial in the future?

Maybe. The problem is that I didn't take pictures throughout the project. It would be a written walk-through with some of my poor sketches for visual support :P

Woah, this is super cool. I can't believe I missed seeing this in the contest. <br> <br>Have you found those boots to be a worthwhile purchase? I'm looking for boots that I can modify and it's always hard buying things like that off the internet.

Hey, thanks. <br> <br>I think the boots are great value for the price. I got them at &quot;medievalcollectibles.com&quot;. Though I made sure to contact them first about the diameter of the calf and the exact foot size. The only other thing was that the default sole is a bit rigid, but I'm sure it can be switch out with something more comfortable.

Great costume and documentation. Thumbs up!

dude this is amazing you should take it to comicon

Thanks! Comicons are the plan! I just need to wait patiently for the next one in my area..